Best performance in a play- Page 2

[bronxboundexpress]

re: Best performance in a play#25

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:58am

What? There are plays on Broadway too? hmm

[popcultureboy]

re: Best performance in a play#26

Posted: 7/19/04 at 8:14am

Judi Dench in Amy's View was a very special thing to behold. It was one of those times I felt privileged to witness a performance. Chiwetel Ejiofor in Blue/Orange was really incredible too. For those who saw it, Kelly Reilly's performance in After Miss Julie recently was simply jawdropping.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

[AnothaPartofMe]

re: Best performance in a play#27

Posted: 7/19/04 at 8:23am

I was lucky enough to see Isabel Keating in "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice". What a performance!!

And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...

[Broadwayboobs]

re: Best performance in a play#28

Posted: 7/19/04 at 8:25am

Kathy Bates in 'Night Mother...she was incredible !!!

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

[fiesta1]

re: Best performance in a play#29

Posted: 7/19/04 at 9:48am

The best performance I've seen are:

Vanessa Redgrave - Long Day's Journey
Harvey Firestein - Torch Song Trilogy
Jason Robards - The Iceman Cometh
Philip Anglin - Elephant Man
Zoe Caldwell - Medea

I look forward to seeking Jefferson Mays next week

[jmnpublications]

re: Best performance in a play#30

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:11pm

I add my vote for both Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in "The Gin Game." Others that stand out in my mind are Robert Morse in "Tru" and Lee J. Cobb in "Death of a Salesman." The latter I saw on PBS, but I believe it was a recreation of his role on Broadway. Anybody know for sure?

[MargoChanning]

re: Best performance in a play#31

Posted: 7/19/04 at 12:41pm

Cobb created the role of Willy Loman.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[jmnpublications]

re: Best performance in a play#32

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:04pm

Thanks, MC. You are a terrific resource. It's also nice to know there are a few other people in my age bracket who post on this board!

lc

[Yoga Girl]

re: Best performance in a play#33

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:43pm

Janet McTeer in A DOLL'S HOUSE
Raul Esparza in COMEDIANS
Lee Pace in THE CREDEAUX CANVAS

[NYadgal]

re: Best performance in a play#34

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:56pm

Zoe Caldwell in Master Class
(also - Dixie Carter in Master Class...great role!)

Maggie Smith in Lettice & Lovage

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."